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FERDINAND W. PBFFEN, OF STAUN'ION, VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATlON forming part of `Letters Patent No. 249,395, dated November 8, 1881.

Application filed March 12,1881. (No model.) I

To all 'whoinit may concern:

Be it known thatI, FERDINAND W. PROFEEN, of Staunton, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia,haveinven ted a new anduseful ImprovementinFeather-Renovators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention 'relates to an apparatus for cleansing and renovating feathers by means of steam.

1o The invention consists, first, in a novel construction, arrangement, and -combination of the various parts of the apparatus which holds the feathers and cleanses and dries them 5 and, further, in a novel construction, arrangement,

I 5 and combination, with said apparatus, ofthe furnace and boiler for generating the steam, and of the devices connected. with it and with said'apparatus, all as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the apparatus for holding and renovating the feathers. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same with `the cover removed. Fi g. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view at right angles to Fig. 1, as indicated by the' line a: x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, with the furnace and boiler connected thereto, and shown in longitudinal vertical section taken in the line y y of Fig. 2.

` Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the boiler taken 1 in the line z z of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A

A represents an oblong quadrangular box or wooden case, having a hinged lid or cover, A2. B is a semi-cylindrical vessel, made of sheet metal, and resting in the box or case A.

C is a sheet-metal plate, curved in an arc 4o parallel with the bottom of the vessel B, and

. resting in the box or case A'below the vessel B, with a space between it and said vessel, in which space is a coil of pipe, C2.

In the bottom of the vessel B is a series lof perforations, c, immediately under whichfis a removable pan or drawer, C2, resting on the plate C.

Between the semicircular sides of the vessel B and the inner surfaces of the sides of the `5o box or case A are coils of pipe B2. i

In the'u'pper edges of' the sides of the box `orcase A and the sides of the vessel B are bearings, in which work a hollow shaft consisting of two pipes. D D, the inner ends of which nearly meet midway of the width of the vessel B and are `turned upward and downward, respectively. To the hollow shaft thus formed is attached a drum or hollow cylinder,

E,from which extend radial hollow arms E2,

movable door, a2. At the front end of the cover is an opening, a3, provided with a hinged door; and at the rear end of said cover is an opening, a, provided with a removable sliding 7o door. The cover A2 is five-sided in its longitudinal section, andthe screen a occupies the horizontal side, the opening a a diagonal side, and the `opening a4 a vertical side. At the openings a3 and a4 provision is made for the attachment ofscreens, as hereinafter described, and at the opening a4 provision is made for the attachment of a spout, a5, as shown in Fig. 4.

Steam is admitted to and passed through the apparatus from a furnace and boiler, which is preferably constructed and arranged as follows:

Grepresents a furnace or stove, made of iron, l and provided with additional external bulging walls, g, so as to form air-spaces outside of the main walls. The grate is formed -byacoil of pipe, g2. On the top of the furnace rests the boiler H, whichis provided with five tlues, h, of tapering form. In these flues rest cylindrical pipes J, which are covered by a pyramidal hood, K, terminating in a smoke-pipe, K2. The boiler extends below the top of the furnace, and the pipes J extend above the top of the boiler, and theirlower ends extend nearly to the bottoms of the flues, where they are arrested by th-e tapering form of said flues. The boiler is also provided with a' pipe, 7a2, which extends belowthe low-water line, so as to give warning by blowing off steamlwhen the water falls too low. By means of the pipes J the fines `h are prevented from being burned out.

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The boiler is provided with pipes leading to the grate-coil g2, and also to the coils Cz B2 and the pipes L M M2.

The feathers to be renovated are introduced intoy the apparatus through the opening a3. Steam from the boiler for cleansing and renovating enters the vessel B through the pipes M and M2 and comes in direct contact with the feathers therein. As the shaftD is turned by the crank-wheel d the feathers are beaten, agitated, and-separated, and all solid foreign substances are removed and drop. through the perforations c to the pan or drawer C3. Steam from the boiler enters and passes through the grate-coil g2, where it is superheated, and from thence it passes to the coils B2 C2 and through the pipe L to the hollow shaft D D, and from thence through the hollow arms to the paddles or beaters'E3, heating the cylinder E, arms'E2, and beaters E3, so as to dry the feathers which have been wet by the steam coming in contact with them. When the feathers have been thoroughly renovated and dried they are ejected through the spout ai into a tick or other receptacle.

When steam is not to he used and the feathers areonly to be beaten and deprived of dust while dry, screens are placed at the openin gs t3 and a4.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In afeather-renovator, the heatingcoil C2, arran ged within case A and'between thecurved plate C and the bottom of vessel B, in combination with the heating-coils B2,arran ged between the case and sides of vessel B, for the purpose specified.

2. In a feather-renovator, the combination, with case A and vessel B, of the cylinder E, having hollow radial arms provided with the hollow beaters E3, and the hollow shaft, con- 4o sistin g of two pipes, D D, having their ends turned in an opposite direction, for the purpose specified.

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